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Jesse R Strawbridge
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Possible Stupid Question
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Is BORG an actual store or just a generic reference to the Big Box Home
Centers?
Jess.S
The term is even in the dictionary,
Borg
A type of cyborg in Star Trek that devours everything in its path. Companies
that dominate their field are called Borgs, and Borging is the verb. See
cyborg.
I googled it before I asked and didn't find a definition, except in
reference to Microsoft. Of course, I could have missed it in the 20+
pages of matches. To add to the confusion there is a company named
"Borg" hyphen something which is the parent company one or more lumber
yard chains.
As a fan of ST:TNG, I knew what Borg was in that reference. Not the
first time fictional terms (esp. science fiction) have entered common
usage. SWMBO comes to mind.
Jess.S
SWMBO is a reference from fiction, but that sure wasn't science
fiction....
SHE by H. Rider Haggard which was more fantasy/adventure I guess.
Jess.S
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